The documentary is based on some of the largest and latest surveys on the above topic, and it left a deep impression on the Seedly team.

The Sad Truth: Our take on this social division

Editor’s note: Points below are strictly our own point of view.

Every day, the society unknowingly divides Singaporeans into “boxes of characteristics”. With each character traits, the society is divided even further to formulate a Socioeconomic status (SES) of an individual.

Think of it as a checklist of your income, hobby, habits, schools attended, occupation, the property you live in, etc. and a final score is given to you based on all these.

If you are a fan of Black Mirror, congrats on living in one, except that the score is not that obvious.

The even more disturbing part about this is that this division starts young. It started from the very thing that is suppose to help us understand the world better, education.

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From that point on, we all move on to be categorised into boxes which ultimately affect certain aspect of our lives moving forward.